Exhibit 23

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form
S-8 No. 333-31037) pertaining to the 1997 Key Employees' Stock Option Plan of RF
Micro Devices,  Inc., the Non-employee  Directors' Stock Option Plan of RF Micro
Devices,  Inc., the Employee  Stock Purchase Plan of RF Micro Devices,  Inc. and
the RF Micro Devices,  Inc. 1992 Stock Option Plan; the  Registration  Statement
(Form S-8 No. 333-93095) pertaining to the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan of RF Micro
Devices,  Inc. and certain option agreements between RF Micro Devices,  Inc. and
certain  Directors of RF Micro  Devices,  Inc.; and the  Registration  Statement
(Form S-3 No. 333-49432) of RF Micro Devices, Inc. and in the related Prospectus
of our report dated April 16, 2001, with respect to the  consolidated  financial
statements and schedule of RF Micro Devices,  Inc. and subsidiaries  included in
the Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended March 31, 2001.


                                                   /s/ Ernst & Young LLP


Raleigh, North Carolina
June 15, 2001